OTTOMAN ATLAS CONTAINS THIRTY NINE HAND COLORED MAPS PREPARED AND PRINTED IN THE MUHENDISHANE I BERRI HUMAYUN (THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGNEERING) IN ISTANBUL. POSSIBLY THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE ATLAS TO BE PRINTED IN USKUDAR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TELEGRAPH LINES IN THE OTTOMAN WILAYAS (STATES)

Uskudar: MuhendisHane-i Berr-i Humatun (The Royal school of military engneering) Atlas. Illus. by YUMNI. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1860's THIRTY NINE HAND COLORED MAPS MOSTLY SIGNED BY (YUMNI). MOST OF THEM ARE DESCRIBED IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH. ALL MAPS ON DOUBLE PAGES, TITLED AND WITH PRINTING DETAILS. LATER HARD COVER. FOLIO 40 X 28 CM. SCARCE. the maps are the followings: (1)Arabistan (Arabian peninsula) 56 x 47 cm. (2)Tarablus Gharb wa tunus (Libya and Tunisia) 56 x 39 cm. (3)Tarablus Gharb (Libya) 56 x 40 cm. (4)Misir ayalet I mumtaza si (territory of Egypt) 56 x 46 cm. (5)Yemen 69 x 33 cm. (6)Hejaz, 56 x 39 cm. (7)Ankara . (8)Sivas . (9)Ma'muat ul Aziz. (10)Diyar Bekir. (11)Bitlis. (12)Erzurum . (13)Van. (14)Mosul 56 x 39 cm. (15)Bagdad 56 x 39 cm. (16)Basra 55 x 39 cm. (17)Zor mutasarrifligi (Part of Mesopotamia. (18)Halep (Aleppo). (19)Adana. (20)Konya. (21)Kibris (Cyprus). (22)Caza'ir I Bahr I Sefid (the Wilaya of the Mediterranean sea islands). (23)Aydin. (24)Pega mutasarriligi. (25)Izmit Mutasarrifligi and Hudavendigar Wilayati. (26)Trabzon. (27)Kastamonu. (28)Bulgaristan Eyalet I Mumtazesi (territory of Bulgaria). (29)Rum eli sharki (Eastern Rumelia) 56 x 39 cm. (30)Bosna (Bosnia). (31)Kosova (Kosovo). (32)Monastir (Monastery). (33)Ishkodra (Vilayet of Shkoder). (34)Yanya (Janina). (35)Selanik (Thessaloniki). (36)Edirne. (37)Istanbul. (38)Bahr I siyah bogaz I (Black sea channel). (39)Kal'ayi Sultaniyye bogazi (Kal'ayi Sultaniyye channel).